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Little Things Matter
By: Rebecca Barlow Jordan "If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones." - Luke 16:10 NLT I'm fairly certain Monte Scott never read Florence Littauer's book, It Takes So Little to Be Above Average, written over two decades ago. But he evidently understood the principle well. In April 2019, Monte's mom drove over some deep potholes on his Michigan street and popped a tire on her car. Both anger and thoughtfulness drove Monte to action. On a half-day of school, he grabbed a shovel, drug a trash can full of dirt from his garden, and started filling up the deep holes along his street. Someone caught his "above average" behavior on video, and the scene went viral. But Monte had no hidden motives. He wasn't trying to garner likes or kudos from onlookers. He just wanted to keep other people from ruining the tires on their cars. That's what made Monte special. He cared. His mom must have trained him to believe that little things count, and that being above average may involve something as simple as humility and kindness. | 
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